Product Description

Sarah Powers is widely known for her original ideas and techniques for using yoga both for health and spiritual growth. Combining traditional yoga techniques with the meridians of Chinese medicine and meditation, she has created a practice she calls Insight Yoga: a series of sequences that teaches both the dynamic flow poses (yang) and the more passive resting poses (yin) is its foundation. Demonstrated by the author in beautiful photographs, the poses balance gentle stretches with dynamic moves for ultimate benefit to organs, muscles, joints, and tendons. Powers offers a basic explanation of Chinese medicine theory, as well as of Buddhist mindfulness meditation. She has been featured on the cover of "Yoga Journal" three times and her numerous articles and interviews have appeared in "Yoga Journal", "Tricycle", "Shambhala Sun", "Yogitimes", and "Elephant". She has published two DVDs and a CD, with total sales of 11,000 copies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25453 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Extraordinary!
Sarah Powers takes to a new level the experience of yoga. Yin poses, which are long-held and use gravity rather than muscular strength, combined with Buddhist mindfulness, create a wonderfully relaxing and rejuvinating practice. She explains in detail the theory behind the asana choices (Chinese meridians), and writes in a very attractive style which glows with her personal integrity. Physically I have achieved freedom from lower backpain that years of traditional 'yang' yoga did not quite ease, and I have a new flexibility in my hips. Above all the calm and peace that this practice generates lasts long after rolling up my mat, and I cannot recommend this enough! Enjoy!